Troy Dumais Quotes

The message to the young players is that hard work and dedication is everything. As a footballer, or anything in life, if you're dedicated you have to fight for that and don't give up however hard it is.

I was always fiercely determined and driven to succeed.

I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.

I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.

My motto is, 'Never quit.'

You work hard. You have a dream. You don't give up.

Sport has made me realise that you have to be stubborn and to persevere to get the results. It might take longer in politics, but once you have the right goal and desire, you will reach it.

I know so many writers who are a hundred times better than me and have longer, greater ideas than mine, but they gave up; they stopped. The biggest talent you can have is determination.

It is a lack of commitment, not a lack of talent, that damns you to mediocrity.

Hard work, courage and commitment - these are the key elements for success.

Drive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.

Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up.

She will be successful who is easy to start and hard to stop.

What kept me going through all the years? More than anything, the love of and respect for competition. That's what it comes down to for me. That's why I do this.

I've always surrounded myself with people who are driven. You can be gorgeous, but if you don't want to work for it, nothing is not going to happen.

I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort.

When you want something bad enough, you work your butt off for it.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

I think one of the most important attributes is perseverance.

You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.